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Re: Beosystem 6000 or 8000

soundchoice70 — Mon, 24 May 2010 18:35:11 GMT

Hi Dmitry,

Either of the Beosystem 8000 or 6000 would be a wonderful addition to your collection. Never been fortunate to hear the 8000, but it has the power and is highly rated and regarded. My 6000 is superb. I have it connected to both digital music using an DAC/AE and BG8002... has a rich, full bodied sound.

Both these systems will be a perfect match to the M70 / M75 / M100 speakers you are considering, as they have excellent (said to be 2 of the best, the 4400 the other) amp sections as Friedmett has said and will give great sound reproduction.

Good luck with your search, I know how difficult it is to find these wonderful vintage units when you live in an area where they are few and far between!

Laurence.

Re: Beosystem 6000 or 8000

Friedmett — Mon, 24 May 2010 11:07:55 GMT

CD 6000?

There is CDX, CD50 ,CD5500, CD6500 and CD7000.

I don't know where CD6000 fits in.

I'm the owner of both Beosystem 6000 and 8000.

I love the systems each for different reasons.

I also have the Beosystem 6500 which sounds good but are so much better in the remote and linking department than 6000 and 8000. Then the space taken is also great.

For the 6000 and 8000 you get 3 units being Beocord, Beogram and Beomaster. You can ad a CD player but loose any remote options.

The 6000 and 8000 has something that the later 5000/5500/6500/7000 systems and Beocenters does not have which is power! The high output of the amplifier sections are not present in future B&O onwards as it went to Beolabs (active speakers with ampfliers built in).

This make both Beomasters great, dynamic and loud able to handle any kind of music. I can play Metallica's Death Magnetic on the CDX to the Beomaster 8000 and it sounds great. Many complains of the loudness and hates the mix on that one.

Disadvantage of the 8000:

Heavy, needs service when you find one, to wide for any normal B&O stand, hard to find linking and IR parts for Beolink 1000 option, original stands are hard to locate, white edition very much less common

Disadvantage of the 6000:

Volume control, hard to find linking and IR parts for Beolink 1000 option, the 2035 remote was optional so not every unit has the printboard installed or come with a 2035 remote.

They do sound very much a like and there is not a huge difference between them. In fact I got a Danish review and the 6000 was rated higher than the 8000!

They both have their own terminal which works great. The Beolink 1000 and Beo4 for that matter can control them but the IR kit is hard to find complete and Beoworld has yet to find a member with a working one.

Beosystem 6000 or 8000

Dmitry — Mon, 24 May 2010 10:21:33 GMT

Hello!

After completing a 5000/5500 Beosystem I plan to continue the collection, and interested in 6000 and 8000 series.

Having examined the archive, I've found out, the 6000 CD uses the TDA1541 and the Beomaster has the great sound, similar to that of my 5500, but heaten a lot and difficult to repair.

Regarding the Beomaster 8000- sounds the same as elder models, like 5500 and 6000 or what?

Both can be remote operated, but as the 6000 is made in 1983, I suppose there is only old Beolink 1000 Mk2 can operate it?

Please, kindly advise what is more interesting and valuable.

Thanks!